The purpose of Employee Retention and Advancement Training is to provide occupational skills training, commensurate with regional priorities, to year-round, full time, incumbent workers who are currently in low and middle-skills occupations, leading to job advancement and retention.
Category: Funding Resources
Grants, loans, tax-credits and other resources to help improve the profitability and sustainability of farm businesses.
The NYS Ag and Markets Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Grant is now open for applications through Friday, June 28 at 5pm!!!
The Department has been funded through the USDA RFSI program to expand statewide capacity and infrastructure for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storage, transporting, wholesaling, or distribution of targeted local and regional agricultural food products (excluding meat and poultry products).
USDA Now Accepting Applications for Available Funds to Help Cover Organic Certification Costs – Deadline October 31, 2024
Through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP), USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will cover up to 75% of organic certification costs at a maximum of $750 per certification category. The application and instructions can be found at the program’s website.
Real Property Tax Exemptions for Farm Employee Housing
New York State real property tax code allows several exemptions for farm buildings. This provision also exempts new and reconstructed farm employee housing.
Overtime Tax Credit
Eligible farm employers will be able to apply for the Farm Employer Overtime Tax Credit starting this year to help offset the cost of the overtime premium. Both the state Departments of Agriculture and Markets, and Tax and Finance have set up webpages to help explain this new tax credit and how to apply for it.
USDA’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program
USDA’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP): In extreme brief, $2.2 billion is to be distributed to qualifying farmers and ranchers that experienced discrimination through the USDA’s Farm Loan Programs prior to January 2021. The deadline for applications is January 13, 2024. You can learn more about the program here: https://22007apply.gov/. The Windsor Group is the Read More…
How to Write a Successful Grant for Your Farm Business
Looking for grants for your ag business? This is a recording of a webinar that discussed tips and tricks for writing a successful grant application.
Northeast SARE 2024 Farmer Grant Proposals: Grants Up To $30,000 Available for Farmers
The Call for 2024 Northeast SARE Farmer Grants is now available. Approximately $800,000 has been allocated to fund projects for this grant cycle. Awards of up to $30,000 are available, depending on the complexity of a project. The online system for submitting proposals will open on September 15,2023. Proposals are due no later Read More…
USDA Disaster Designation for New York Will Assist Farms Impacted by May Freeze 8/22 UPDATE for Farm Wineries
This article was republished from Morning Ag Clips: https://www.morningagclips.com/usda-disaster-designation-for-new-york-will-assist-farms-impacted-by-may-freeze/ ALBANY — State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced that 31 counties across New York State have been designated as a primary natural disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) following the late May frost/freeze event. These designations mean that impacted farmers in Read More…
USDA Disaster Designation for New York Will Assist Farms Impacted by May Freeze
This article was republished from Morning Ag Clips: https://www.morningagclips.com/usda-disaster-designation-for-new-york-will-assist-farms-impacted-by-may-freeze/ ALBANY — State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced that 31 counties across New York State have been designated as a primary natural disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) following the late May frost/freeze event. These designations mean that impacted farmers in Read More…
Nourish New York – Now a Permanent Program in New York and a Market for Wholesale Produce
Elizabeth Higgins, Extension Associate CCE Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program At the end of 2021 Nourish NY became a permanent program in NYS Ag and Markets Law1. The law requires the NYS Department of Agriculture to facilitate a connection between farmers and food banks to ensure that New York State agricultural products (dairy, fruit, Read More…
Would you like to save on your farm energy bills?
Ag Energy NY is a program by Cornell Cooperative Extension, developing a resource hub to support farm energy efficiency in New York. AgEnergyNY.org includes mobile-friendly webpages and print-friendly factsheets to help farmers learn about potential energy use and savings specific to their farm sector.